Your Guide to Spring Gardening in Sydney

The weather is starting to warm up and with it brings a perfect time to start thinking about spring gardening and planting. Starting now means you get a chance to enjoy beautiful flowers and your home-grown fresh produce earlier and for longer! How good is that! It also means that when others are starting to think about planting in the hot summer months, your garden will already be lapping up the nutrients, the fresh soil, and you’ll be able to harvest delicious home-grown produce sooner. Below you’ll find some of our spring gardening guide on how to get your garden ready and how to get the most out of your garden.

How to Prepare your Garden for Spring 

Start by assessing the winter damage and by clearing out old plants and garden beds of winter annuals, dropped foliage, broken branches and weeds. Next look to promoting new growth through pruning and trimming. Assess the trees and shrubs in the garden removing any way-ward branches and sculpting them back to their shape.  

A thriving garden is based on healthy soil. Give your garden the best start by providing adequate moisture. Loosening the soil with some digging and then prepare your beds by adding in a compost and manure mix. Dig and mix this into the existing soil to add nutrients to the bed. Give it a good water for a few days water it each day for a few days leading up to when you want to plant, this will give your new plants a great chance at adapting to the new conditions. Every spring garden requires effective watering techniques. Watering deeply and less frequently encourages deep root development. Adding an irrigation system or drip irrigation near vegetables will ensure they stay well-watered and help deliver water directly to the root zone. Mulching your garden offers great benefits to your plants and the garden. Mulching helps maintain moisture in the soil, control the temperature and stop the weeds growing.

Picking the Best Plants for your Garden in Spring  

When making spring planting and spring gardening ideas consider native plants, colourful spring bloomers and creating biodiversity with a range of types of plants.  Native plants are not only a water-wise choice, but they provide beautiful plumes of colour and attract birds and wildlife to your garden. Colourful spring blooms inject a variety of hues into your garden and lastly a range of plant types promote a healthier ecosystem.

Starting a Vegetable Garden in Spring  

Are you looking to start a spring veggie patch? Have a look out into the garden for a flat area or patch of soil, if you have pets then perhaps a raised bed would be more ideal, if no area exists, then a selection of troughs or pots can also work! While looking for that perfect spot consider, the following plant needs: sunshine, soil, water, and location.   

All plants have different needs but vegetables need even more, up to 8 hours of sunshine a day! They like a well-drained soil full of nutrients and water, lots of water. Ensuring there is a hose close by, will help remind you to water the little plants!

Our top picks on Spring Flowers and Vegetables 

Our range of Citrus Splitzer lemon and lime trees are a great way to enjoy the benefits of two fruit trees blended into one! If you’re short on space these are the perfect solution. Spring vegetables to plant include tomatoes, strawberries and lettuces, these are also a great way to start out if you are new to veggie planting. Our fool proof gardening tip is to plant what you eat, otherwise you’ll end up growing things you don’t like!

Attracting Pollinators to your Spring Garden 

Pollinators play an important role in plant reproduction. Bees, butterflies and birds all have a place in the garden, creating a habitat that is rich with shelters – trees and shrubs – and water – bird baths, ponds and water features – will attract them to your garden. Aim for plants that are ideal in a pollinators garden, our flower carpet roses bloom for months on end with no need for chemicals, making them an ideal addition. Flowering trees like Magnolias can create lovely habitats for butterflies and bees alike!  

These simple steps will make a profound difference to your spring garden, hopefully giving you plenty of garden tips and gardening ideas this spring!